All news on the topic: Multiple sclerosis

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Chronic pain is getting in the way of day-to-day life, for eight in 10 sufferers
Getting dressed, exercising, and completing household chores, are some of the tasks they are unable to take on, due to their regular, ongoing symptoms
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Woman 'too sick to walk' filmed doing 'regular' 5km runs
A jury heard silversmith Annette Bond spent nearly a decade conning taxpayers out of £67,062.50 by claiming her mobility was severely impaired by multiple sclerosis
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Mum devastated at diagnosis after blurred vision and getting 'something in eye'
Emily Topham, from Shardlow, Derbyshire, felt as though she'd an eyelash in her eye but tests showed she has a condition which could leave her permanently disabled
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Dave Myers' words on life as a young carer to mum after tough health diagnosis
Tributes to Dave Myers saw Grace Dent recall being starstruck when first meeting the Hairy Biker on her podcast today, following Si King announcing the late star's death yesterday
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Granny in tears as £250 'taken from purse' on hospital ward after fall at home
Ursula Gay, 72, was rushed to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after sustaining injuries following a fall inside her home on Sunday evening, but was left in tears at what happened next
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Worrying 'problem' when eating dinner could be sign of stomach cancer
Medically referred to as dysphagia, a common 'problem' when eating food could be a warning sign of stomach cancer. Here are all the symptoms you should look out for - and when you contact your GP
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Binky Felstead smuggles champagne into hospital as she visits 'poorly' mum
Former Made In Chelsea star Binky Felstead has revealed she tried to sneak champagne into hospital as she paid a visit to her mum following her multiple sclerosis diagnosis
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Woman was conned out of hundreds of pounds by liar boyfriend who said he had MS
Beth Thomas was also told by her ex, who she hasn't named, he had been abandoned by his parents as a baby, was raised by nuns and had been homeless and bankrupt
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Medical conditions that could mean your house doesn't need to pay council tax
Council tax discounts for people who have been diagnosed by a doctor as “severely mentally impaired” or SMI are often missed - so we explain who may qualify for the reduction and how to apply
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'Huge advance in treatment of multiple sclerosis after stem cell therapy trial'
Dr Miriam Stoppard offers her expert opinion on a trial, led by a team at University of Cambridge, into the use of stem cells as treatment for multiple sclerosis
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74 health conditions in your 20s that could leave you childless, study claims
A major new study has found that there are dozens of health conditions experienced in early life which could leave you childless in later life, with more than half of them being behavioural disorders
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First 'warning signs' of MS that show up to five years before diagnosis
With 7,000 people newly diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis in the UK each year, it's important to know the tell-tale signs, and what you should do if you think you have the disease
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First 'warning signs' of MS that strike up to five years before diagnosis
Multiple sclerosis patients were more likely to develop some key warning signs years before they were eventually diagnosed with the condition, it's been claimed
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Brits urged to check eligibility with tax-free £441 a month due to be paid out
The Department for Work and Pensions offers a variety of benefits but Attendance Allowance remains significantly underclaimed - with UK households told to see whether they're eligible
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Disabled people are 'living in fear' and talk of more cuts is 'terrifying'
Once again, the Government is trialling brutal disability cuts - this time, as a way of paying for vote-winning tax cuts in 2024, but the vulnerable will suffer badly
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The best time of day to get sunlight in winter to combat vitamin D deficiency
Vitamin D arms and triggers T cells, the foot soldiers of our immune system which destroy viruses, bacteria and other threats but sunlight is essential to it and that's tough in the winter
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'Eye scans can detect Parkinson's disease seven years before symptoms appear'
Dr Miriam Stoppard explains the science behind the largest study on retinal imaging in Parkinson’s disease - and why it could be beneficial to patients going forward
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Family forced to pay £1,000 a month so baby with ultra-rare disease stays alive
Milanna-May Eshelby, just 18 months old, has Mitochondrial Disease NARS 2 Mutation and her family in Nottingham have to pay for a private prescription of cannabis to help her
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Christina Applegate’s ‘early’ multiple sclerosis symptom that was easily missed
Actress Christina Applegate has opened up about her struggle with multiple sclerosis (MS), admitting that she ignored some early warning signs of the autoimmune condition
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Woman proud to be last resident standing on street destined to vanish
Gail Roberts, 64, has been locked in a stalemate with National Highways over the sale of her house on the Queensway service road next to Markeaton Island for years
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Charlotte Sena's 'kidnapper' targeted her for her family fortune, partner claims
The suspect in the kidnapping of a 9-year-old child from a park in upstate New York and holding her hostage for ransom allegedly wanted the girl's late grandfather's estate.
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Common drug could be used to treat dementia which affects millions worldwide
The science behind dementia has come along in huge leaps and bounds in the last 20 years giving hope to the millions of people afflicted by the disease across the world
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Disabled mum £370 out of pocket as 'accessible villa' turns out to be a scam
Rebecca Webster is out of pocket after she booked a villa in Bergerac, France via Facebook only to discover that the man she paid did not actually own the property
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Mum's key change to daily routine helped her get through aggressive chemotherapy
A mum who underwent a stem cell transplant and aggressive chemotherapy to treat her relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis has shared the big lifestyle change that has helped her through it